01 April 2009

A Slow Bicycle Race - Copenhagenize vs Amsterdamize

My mate Marc, from Amsterdamize.com, visited Copenhagen late last year and apart from riding about and seeing the city, I challenged him to the World's First Copenhagen Invitational Slow Bicycle Race at the Slowodrome on the Harbour.

We have a good laugh.

Slow Bicycle races are nothing new. They've been around since the bicycle was invented and featured prominently at country fairs around Denmark and Europe. Europe includes Britain, by the way.

Kilometres cycled by Copenhageners so far today

Copenhagenize.com is the blog of Copenhagenize Design Company. Online since 2007 and highlighting the cycling life in Copenhagen and around the world.

40 years ago Copenhagen was just as car-clogged as anywhere else but now 41% of the population arriving at work or education do so on bicycles, from all over the Metro area. 56% of Copenhageners themselves use bicycles each day. They all use over 1000 km of bicycle lanes in Greater Copenhagen for their journeys. Copenhagenizing is possible anywhere.